Summary Zheromsky S


Stefan Zeromski (Polish: Stefan Zeromski, October 14, 1864, Strazcin near Kielce – November 20, 1925, Warsaw) is a Polish writer, playwright, publicist.

He was born in an impoverished gentry family. Father for his involvement in the insurrection of 1863 was deprived of property and rented a farm.
Zheromsky studied at the gymnasium in Kielce, where, among others, his teacher was literary critic Anthony Gustav Böhm. Not having received the certificate of maturity, he entered the Higher Veterinary School in Warsaw. He was imprisoned for patriotic activities. Since 1889 he worked as a private teacher. In the 1880’s began literary activity. In 1892 he left for a trip to Vienna, Zurich, Munich, spent several months in Krakow and Zakopane. He worked as an assistant to the librarian at the Polish Museum in Rapperswil (1892-1896). Upon his return, he was the librarian of the Zamoyski Library in Warsaw (1897-1904). Later he lived by literary work.
He lived in Zakopane, Nalenchuve, in 1906 traveled to Italy. In 1908 he was arrested. After his release until 1912 he lived in Paris. Returning to Poland, he lived in Zakopane and Krakow. With the outbreak of the First World War, he joined the legions of Pilsudski, but soon left them. In December 1914, together with Jan Kasprovich, he founded in Zakopane a secret political organization that promoted the idea of ​​uniting all Polish lands. After the war he lived in Warsaw and in Constance near Warsaw. He took part in various political, social and cultural campaigns, initiated the creation of the Literature Academy, the founder of the Polish Literary Club (Polski Klub Literacki, the branch of the Pen Club). In 1924 he was nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature, which, however, was received by Vladislav Reymont. In 1925 he received a state literary award for the novel “


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Summary Zheromsky S